On the construction site, Zhang Guojun was still tying rebar, seemingly unaffected by the two police officers nearby.

However, the surrounding workers gathered at a distance, pointing and gossiping about him.

"I didn’t expect he’s Old Zhang’s son?"

"Didn’t Old Zhang say when he was alive that his son had leukemia, and couldn’t be saved? How did he end up at our construction site?"

"Who knows, Old Zhang wanted the money, honestly it had something to do with the site but also didn’t."

"Sigh, at that time, there was no choice, the higher-ups transferred to the subcontractor’s account, who then paid us in cash—not like now where wages are directly deposited. It would be nice if it could bypass the subcontractor altogether."

"But go through them?"

Someone snickered.

"What are you thinking? If not for the subcontractor, would you even have this job?"

"Besides, the overall salary is audited by the higher-ups; whether you work more or less, only the subcontractor knows. It can’t be that working more or less is the same, right, just like big workers and small workers aren’t the same?"

"From Old Zhang’s batch, everyone else got paid except for his subcontractor, who lost money gambling. They sued and even won, but the guy’s now sitting in a detention center, what can you do?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Sometimes, reality is like that; winning a lawsuit doesn’t mean your rights are secured.

For Old Zhang, if his son hadn’t been sick, he might have waited.

But his son is terminally ill with leukemia.

How could he wait?

Wait, and it would be the old burying the young.

"Stop with the useless talk. Do you think Old Zhang’s son is here for revenge? Did he do the poisoning this morning?"

"Can’t be, the kid’s been here for half a month. He seems pretty honest, just lacks strength, not very effective at work."

"He has leukemia. Of course, he’s weak. He’s in this state and still working. If he’s not here for revenge, what’s he here for?"

"Damn! Luckily, I didn’t eat there this morning; this is the only morning I didn’t eat there."

"You must have some luck, buddy. Buy us dinner tonight, surviving a disaster means blessings will follow."

"Sure, sure, sure! Widow Zhang’s barbecue, all you can eat!"

Zhang Guojun ignored the whispers around him, just silently tying the rebar.

When he got too tired, he sat on the rebar pile to rest for a bit.

Maybe out of boredom, he turned to the two detectives who had been watching him.

"You really don’t need to watch me, I’m not going to run."

Zhang Guojun knew exactly what he did.

And he also knew how many days he might have left...

Since being diagnosed with leukemia, Zhang Guojun had undergone several rounds of chemotherapy, draining the family’s savings and borrowing from relatives completely.

But...it really couldn’t be treated.

A year ago, Zhang Guojun was still a strong young man weighing 130 pounds, but now he’s under 100 pounds.

Before, he was a scaffolder on the construction site, climbing up and down like a monkey, completely at ease. Now, just tying rebar requires resting every few minutes.

On the whole construction site, tying rebar is considered the easiest job. It used to require manpower, but now there are machines, so many rebar-tiers are women.

But Zhang Guojun couldn’t do anything else; his physical strength wasn’t up to it, so he could only do this.

Of course, the salary was less, but he didn’t care.

No amount of salary could cure his disease; he wasn’t here for the money anyway.

Sitting on the rebar pile, Zhang Guojun looked up at the sky; the azure sky dotted with a few white clouds, just like the sky he saw on the haystack at home when he was a child.

For so many years, he left his hometown, always working hard in the city, living under the blue sky every day, but it seemed like ages since he looked up at the sky like this.

Zhang Guojun felt he used to be a good person.

Five years ago, when he earned his first money working away, he bought a sweater for his mom.

He considered himself filial, although occasionally he argued with his dad, but what father and son don’t argue?

Three years ago, while having a barbecue by the river with coworkers, he saved a life.

A seven or eight-year-old boy had accidentally fallen into the river while playing by the shore.

Zhang Guojun couldn’t swim, just a bit of dog-paddling, but he jumped into the river without thinking to save the child.

Luckily, the river wasn’t deep enough to drown him, and the child was rescued.

Afterward, the parents wanted to give him 10,000 yuan as a thank-you fee, but he refused to take it.

In hindsight, if he had taken the money...maybe his dad wouldn’t have jumped off a building.

Sigh...

It’s all over now.

Zhang Guojun felt rested enough, got up, and continued tying rebar.

Meanwhile, the investigation into Zhang Guojun’s purchase of wild fugu had also been nearly completed.

It turned out that half a month ago, just before Zhang Guojun started working at the construction site, he had been to Yang City in Su Province.

Yang City is the nation’s most famous fugu hub and the birthplace of fugu dining culture.

If there’s a place where getting wild fugu is easiest, it’s definitely Yang City.

Additionally, by examining Zhang Guojun’s bank transaction records, they found a significant transaction in Yang City.

Even in Yang City, wild fugu isn’t cheap, so Zhang Guojun spent nearly a thousand yuan.

Following this transaction information, the Criminal Investigation Team quickly contacted businesses over there.

And through the local criminal police unit, they obtained surveillance footage of Zhang Guojun purchasing fugu at that time.

With this, evidence of Zhang Guojun’s poisoning was established.

"Arrest Zhang Guojun immediately!"

On the construction site, the two detectives, having received the order, stepped forward.

"Zhang Guojun, you’re suspected of poisoning and murder. Please come with us to the Criminal Investigation Team for questioning."

Putting down the rebar he was holding, Zhang Guojun dusted off his hands and removed his gloves.

He knew he couldn’t hide anymore.

But he hadn’t expected it would happen so soon.

An hour later, in the Criminal Investigation Team’s interrogation room.

Interrogating Zhang Guojun was Zhang Hui.

"Why did you poison?"

Why did he poison?

Zhang Guojun thought for a moment, avoiding the question: "Did you find the evidence?"

Zhang Guojun knew that the police catching him meant they had gathered evidence.

But he still wanted to know what evidence they had.

There was no need to hide it: "When you bought the fugu in Yang City, the shop had video and transaction records."

"Oh."

Zhang Guojun nodded in realization; the police were indeed impressive, quickly finding out about his trip to Yang City.

"There’s really not a specific reason. My dad died, right at that construction site, and I... don’t have much time left either."

"Just because of that... you poisoned?"

Zhang Guojun smiled bitterly: "Officer, what other reason would there be?"

"I have leukemia. My dad’s wages aren’t coming back. What else could I do?"

"The people developing the site said the money was paid, and I know it was, but that little contractor got arrested and is in detention. We can’t get a penny."

"I can’t do anything."